Two Smugglers Arrested in Colombia with $80,000 in Their Stomachs

September 18, 2012

A Colombian and a Venezuelan were busted with $40,000 hidden in each of their stomachs while trying to enter Colombia on flights from Costa Rica. This money laundering method has never been detected in the country, informed immigration officials on September 14.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Two Smugglers Arrested in Colombia with $80,000 in Their Stomachs

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